'He's in The White House Because God Put Him There'

The top soldier assigned to
track down Bin Laden and Hussein is an evangelical Christian who
speaks publicly of 'the army of God.'

by Richard T. Cooper

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has assigned the task of tracking down and
eliminating Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and other high-profile
targets to an Army general who sees the war on terrorism as a clash
between Judeo-Christian values and Satan.

. . . the former commander and 13-year veteran of the Army's
top-secret Delta Force is also an outspoken evangelical Christian
who appeared in dress uniform and polished jump boots before a
religious group in Oregon in June to declare that radical Islamists
hated the United States "because we're a Christian nation, because
our foundation and our roots are Judeo-Christian ... and the enemy
is a guy named Satan."

Discussing the battle against a Muslim warlord in Somalia, Boykin
told another audience, "I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew
that my God was a real God and his was an idol."

"We in the army of God, in the house of God, kingdom of God have
been raised for such a time as this," Boykin said last year.

On at least one occasion, in Sandy, Ore., in June, Boykin said of
President Bush: "He's in the White House because God put him there."